CIA agent Beth Bradford's life is collapsing all around her in The New Neighbor (#1,153), Karen Cleveland's latest thriller. Her youngest child is off to college, one daughter is married, the other living in London. They've put their house on a quiet cul-de-sac in Langley, Virginia, on the market, much to her regret since her friends and social support network are there, but the house is too big for them now, especially when husband Mike announces that he's not moving into their temporary rental unit; he has his own apartment. Beth never saw it coming. When she returns to her job at Langley a few days early, her access to her unit is denied. After almost twenty years of tracking down an elusive Iranian agent whose job is to recruit American assets with jobs in key intelligence and technology sectors, Beth is being taken off the case and reassigned! And she's so, so close to finding The Neighbor, as the asset is known...
That's the set up for this twisty tale told from Beth's perspective (with a few too many bolded words in the dialogue for my taste). Her pursuit of the truth leads her to suspect everyone on her old cul-de-sac, including the new neighbors who moved into her former house. Could one of her trusted friends be betraying their country? The answer is shocking.
I really enjoyed this book, my husband not so much. He did feel it was a trifle overwrought, but still entertaining enough. A perfect book for a long plane ride, or an afternoon at the beach.
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